Circle releases 2026 stablecoin blueprint: Arc chain accelerates implementation, USDC cross-chain expansion fully expands

Lighter and Circle reach an agreement on USDC deposit yield sharing

PANews February 12 News, the stablecoin yield platform Lighter has partnered with USDC issuer Circle to share the earnings generated from approximately $920 million USDC deposits on the platform. Previously, Lighter had attracted about $920 million USDC into the platform, and this agreement will distribute the interest income from these funds between Lighter and Circle.

Gate Research Institute: Bitcoin New Investor Fund Inflows Turn Negative | Zerohash Integrates Monad and USDC

Cryptocurrency Asset Overview BTC (-0.40% | Current Price 67,263.9 USDT) In the past week, BTC has been continuously declining from around $79,000, with a quick bottoming out near $59,980 followed by a strong rebound. It then entered a range-bound consolidation, currently around $67,914, showing an overall pattern of "sharp decline—recovery—sideways trading." The MA5 and MA10 are repeatedly intertwined, with the price repeatedly under pressure from the MA30. The moving average system remains in a bearish arrangement, and the medium-term trend has not yet reversed. The MACD rebounded below the zero line and has flattened again, with the red histogram shortening. Momentum is recovering but has not yet formed a trend expansion. In the short term, watch for support at $66,000 and resistance at $69,500–$70,000. A volume breakout above the MA30 and a firm hold above $70,000 could open the way to challenge $72,000.

Vitalik pushes zero-knowledge proofs to protect AI privacy! Anonymous payment for chat logs to prevent abuse

Ethereum Foundation AI Lead Davide Crapis and Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin proposed using zero-knowledge proofs to ensure user privacy during interactions with large language models, while also preventing spam and abuse. Each time a user sends a message to the AI chatbot, an API call is triggered. They stated that the core challenges faced by users and providers are privacy, security, and efficiency.

Gate Research Institute: Cryptocurrency Market Total Market Cap Continues to Decline | Ethereum Staking Rate Hits Record High

Gate Research Institute Weekly Report: Market sharply declines then recovers with oscillations, BTC and ETH remain under moving average pressure; capital flows back into high-elasticity sectors like AI, with risk appetite slightly warming. Ethereum staking rate surpasses 30%, reaching a new all-time high, driven by supply contraction and liquidity structure rebalancing. Zerohash integrates Monad and USDC to promote the implementation of L1 stablecoin payment infrastructure. Tether's US Treasury holdings continue to expand, with stablecoins accelerating integration into the short-term interest rate system. The total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies has steadily declined, remaining in a risk-off phase in the short term. Anchorage completes approximately $100 million in strategic financing, with Tether participating in the investment.

USDC-Fueled Hackathon Lets AI Agents Build, Judge and Vote

Circle’s stablecoin USDC just powered what organizers call the world’s first hackathon run entirely by autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents — no human judges, no human voters, just code evaluating code. Circle’s USDC Anchors Experimental AI Agent Hackathon The weeklong event was

Zerohash valued at $1 billion unicorn! Integrates Monad to expand USDC payment ecosystem

The crypto infrastructure company Zerohash, valued at $1 billion, has increased support for the Monad blockchain and USDC on Monad, aiming to expand stablecoin payments on Layer 1 networks. On Wednesday, it announced that this integration means its clients include prediction market platform Kalshi, human resources management platform Gusto, and trading platform Public.